Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dirkou
- Settlement.other_name
- Dirki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_map
- Erg of bilma.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Agadez Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bilma Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Commune
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dirkou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 14998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Located in
- Bilma Department
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 10435
- Elevation
- 479
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
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- Commons category
- Dirkou
- Köppen climate classification
- hot desert climate
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Transport
- References
thumb|Dirkou Airport, 2021.
Dirkou is a town in the Bilma Department, Agadez Region of north-eastern Niger. It lies in the northern Kaouar escarpment, a north–south line of cliffs which form an isolated oasis in the Sahara desert. As of 2011, the commune had a total population of 14,998 people. Apart from the main city of Dirkou, the rural communities of Achénouma, Aney, and Emi Tchouma lie within the borders of the commune.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dirkou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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